Miner&#39;s lamp.



G. DUSHEK.

MINERS LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 191a.

1,080,05. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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CHARLES DUSHEK, OF IBELOIT, WISCONSIN.

MINERS LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2,1913.

Application filed May 1, 1913. Serial No. 764,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES DUSHEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Lamps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in miners lamps and more particularly to an open oil lamp and my object is to provide a simple and eflicient device of this character with improved means for raising and lowering the wick thereof.

A further object of the invention resides in providing spring forced clips adapted for engagement with the wick and a further object resides in providing an improved spout attachment on the body of the lamp for carrying the wick and adjusting means therefor.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very eflicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the lamp complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the same as seen on line 83, Fig. 2. Fig. 4:- is a plan view of the device. Fig. 5 is a section as seen on line 5-5, Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the engagement of one of the clip members with the wick and guide rod therefor.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 indicates a receptacle or the like forming the body of my improved lamp and formed on this receptacle at the lower end thereof, is a spout-like wick tube 2 which communicates with the receptacle proper. This receptacle 1 forms an oil reservoir and disposed therein is a wick 3, the body of which is curved to extend through the tube 2 and project beyond the free end thereof, as clearly shown in the figures of the drawings. The top of the receptacle 1 has a hinged cover 4: thereon and the usual hook 5 is provided on the member 1 adjacent said cover, whereby the same may be engaged with the cap of the miner.

The essential feature of the invention is the improved means for the adjustment of the wick and to this end an outer spoutlike or tube member 6 is provided to encircle the tube 2. This spout-like tube 6, which is spaced slightly from the tube 2, extends the full length of the latter and has the lower end thereof engaged with the body 1, the annular space between the tubes 2 and 6 being adapted to receive the adjusting means for the wick. The tubes 2 and 6 are respectively provided at diametrically opposite points thereon with slots 7 and 8, the slots of said tubes registering with one another and those on the one side being disposed in a plane higher than those on the opposite side. Disposed through these pairs of alining slots 7 and 8 are the spring clips 9, the free ends of which project beyond the outer tube 6, for

. manual operation and these spring clips are adjustably mounted on the guide rods 9, one of which projects upwardly through the annular space from the bottom of the tube 6, while the other projects downwardly from a plate or disk 12, carried at the top of said tube 6. Encircling these guide rods 9, be tween the ends of the tube 6 and said spring clips, are the coil springs 10 and 11, the tendency of one of which is to force the one spring clip 9 upwardly, while the tendency of the other coil spring is to force the opposite spring clip downwardly. The free or engaging ends of these spring clips 9 are adapted for engagement with the wick 3 and from this construction, it will be seen that when it is desired to raise said wick, so that the same will project to a greater extent beyond the end of the wick tube, the ends of the lower spring clip 9 are compressed to disengage the free and effective ends thereof from the wick .and said lower clip is forced downwardly to compress the spring 10. After the spring 10 has been compressed, the clip 9 is permitted to engage the wick and as the tension of the spring 10 will overcome the tension of the spring 11, the wick 3 will be slightly raised and projected beyond the wick tube 2. When it is desired to lower the wick, the opposite spring clip 9 is disen- 'gaged with the wick and forced upwardly to compress the spring 11 and then again engaged with the wick. The tension of the compressed spring 11 will overcome the tension of the spring 10, thereby lowering the wick 3. In the operation of the raising and lowering of the wick, if it becomes necessary to adjust the clips in order to permit the tension of one spring to overcome the other, the same is, of course, readily accomplished.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention and while I have particularlv described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is 2- 1. A miners lamp comprising a receptacle, means to secure the same to an object, a wick tube formed on the receptacle and having communication with the latter, said tube being provided with slots at diametrically opposite points thereon, a wick disposed through the wick tube and having a portion disposed in the receptacle, an additional tube secured to said receptacle and surrounding said wick tube, said latter tube being also provided with slots alining with the aforesaid slots in said wick tube, spring clip members disposed through the alining slots of said tubes and engaged respectively with said wick, and spring members disposed in the space between said tubes and engaged respectively with said spring clips to force the latter in opposite directions.

2. A miners lamp comprisinga receptacle,

means to secure the same to an object, a wick the annular space between the two aforesaid tubes, spring clips disposed through the alining slots of said tubes and engaged with said wick member one above the other, and a pair of coil spring members engaged respectively.

with the walls at opposite ends of said tubes,

and also engaged respectively with said spring clips to force the latter in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 7 signature in the presence of two witnesses. CHARLES DUSHEK. Witnesses:

WILL F. BAUOHLE, MIKE SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

